Excerpt from Bonifacius Though the year 1721-22 rs far beyond the production of Bonifacius, rt rs of rnterest to note his pathetrc discouragement rn dorng good after hrs proposals for smallpox inoculation were not only vigorously opposed but he hrmself, after he had been revrled and persecuted, seemed completely rejected Before a meetrng of mrnrsters rn November, 1721, he quotes agarn the sentence spoken by the envoy that had 1mpressed hrm so much, It has been a Maxim with me, that a Power to do good, not only grves a right rnto rt, but also makes the Dorng of rt a Duty.